Course options
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Qualification
PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy
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Location
Queen Mary University of London
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Study mode
Full time
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Start date
01-SEP-25
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Duration
3 years
Course summary
Research students in the Department of Drama study in one of the United Kingdom's leading centres for performance research. We welcome applications from graduate students who research in any of our areas of expertise.
Research students play an important part in Drama's collaborations with leading arts organisations, including the Barbican, Shakespeare's Globe, Gran Teatre del Liceu Barcelona, Actors' Touring Company, the London Film Festival, LIFT, and AfroReggae.
The Department of Drama webpages have detailed instructions on how to find a supervisor and how to apply. Please read these and following the instructions before making an electronic application through this page.
We offer supervision across topics including, but by no means limited to:
- Performance and the city
- Site-specific performance and installation art
- Space and place
- Applied and socially engaged theatre and performance, especially in relation to young people, older people, prisons, Brazil, development, democracy and human rights
- Theatre in Education
- National, intercultural, and transnational performance, especially in relation to the UK, Europe (particularly Ireland, Spain, Italy), South Africa, Canada, USA, Latin America (particularly Argentina and Brazil), and New Zealand
- Cultural identities
- Globalisation
- Tourism
- Cultural economics of performance
- Cultural value and cultural policy
- Labour
- Democracy
- Community
- Theatre and political economy
- Live Art and Performance Art
- Subcultural histories
- Gender and sexuality, especially feminist, gay, lesbian, and queer performance histories and practices
- Early modern drama in performance, especially early modern and contemporary contexts
Tuition fees
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- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mexico
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- Moldova
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- Nauru
- Nepal
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- Niger
- Nigeria
- Northern Ireland
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Palau
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- Panama
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- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Puerto Rico
- Qatar
- Republic of Ireland
- Romania
- Russia
- Rwanda
- San Marino
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Saudi Arabia
- Scotland
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Solomon Islands
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- South Africa
- South Korea
- South Sudan
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- St Vincent
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- St. Lucia
- Sudan
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- Sweden
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- Syria
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- Zimbabwe
£ 23,050per year
Tuition fees shown are for indicative purposes and may vary. Please check with the institution for most up to date details.
University information

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University League Table
50th
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Campus address
Queen Mary University of London, Admissions and Recruitment Office, Mile End Road, London, Tower Hamlets, E1 4NS, England
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Subject ranking
12th out of 95 2
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Entry standards
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Graduate prospects
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Student satisfaction
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